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One of four co-defendants accused of participating in the kidnapping, rape and forced prostitution of a 13-year-old girl was sent to prison for 10 years Wednesday, but for an unrelated charge.

Prosecutors have alleged that Nicholas “Little Nicky” Davila, 21, was among numerous neighborhood men who paid brothers Juan and Bobby Moreno $25 to rape the teen as she spent a week or two drugged and tied to the bed of their East Side crack house in December 2007.

A jury last December ordered Juan Moreno to serve four life sentences for aggravated kidnapping, super aggravated sexual assault of a child, human trafficking and compelling prostitution.

Bobby Moreno is awaiting trial.

Davila could also face up to life in prison for sexual assault of a child. On Wednesday, however, he was in court because prosecutors alleged he violated his probation for felony possession of crack cocaine.

Since the July 2009 plea agreement on the drug charge, he has committed numerous other crimes, including two that he has pleaded guilty to, prosecutor Kirsta Melton said as she asked state District Judge Ron Rangel for the maximum 10-year term.

“Each time he has gotten out of jail with a plea of guilty or on bond ... he has committed new offenses,” she said. “He's become a one-man crime wave.”

Defense attorney Ross Rodriguez asked for a sentence of five to six years for the probation violations.

“On some of these (cases), he has not yet had his day in court,” he reminded the judge.